The Four Horsemen: Guardians by LJ Swallow

Author:LJ Swallow [Swallow, LJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

EWAN

Fuck.

Don't let him be dead.

I stare down at Joss's prone body, then spin 360 degrees attempting to find his assailant.

Nothing.

Nobody.

"Joss?" I crouch down and take his arm, searching for a pulse. His pulse beats at a normal pace, but he's ice cold, and I snatch my fingers away as his skin drags heat from inside me.

I could cope with the situation if it wasn't for the frozen terror on his face, his eyes wide and the expression running waves of chills through me.

What the hell happened to him? I passed a guy leaving, but he wasn’t anything remarkable. He said hello and I searched his face for hints of anything out of the ordinary but didn’t see any.

Was I wrong?

"Joss?" He remains prone, and I stand again. Focusing all my senses, I attempt to pick up anything other than the fresh-paint smell or the distant echo from other storage boxes opening and closing.

Nothing.

I push hair from my face and stare down. Do I leave him? Find Heath? He's alive, but for how long?

Crouching again, I place my hands on his shoulders and shake, the cool biting at my hands through the material. Joss's head snaps back as his chest arches upwards, and he lets out a huge breath. His eyes focus, but not before he pushes me hard in the chest and I sprawl backwards onto my arse.

"Get the fuck off me!" he screams.

"Fuck, man. Are you okay?"

Joss scrambles to his feet and looks down at his chest, patting, before studying his wrists.

"Joss. You're hyperventilating. Slow breaths, dude, or you'll pass out."

He blinks at me, but the fear I saw earlier remains. "Did you see anything? A demon?" He stares ahead and backs toward me.

"No. I haven't seen anything apart from a guy. What happened to you?"

Joss slides his hands down his legs as he bends over, heaving more breaths. "I don't know."

"You were attacked, and knocked out? Did you see who by?"

"No," he says to the floor. "There was something weird in the air, and it hit me. I don’t know. What the fuck happened?”

"I heard you yell my name a minute ago and followed you. I found you on the floor. Are you hurt?"

He examines his clothes again, then drags off his coat. He yanks at his shirt and pulls it over his head. Wild-eyed, he moves his fingers along his naked chest and twists to examine his side. He turns his back. "Can you see anything? Please don't tell me there's one of those runes on me."

"No. Nothing. You're fine. What the hell happened?"

Joss puts his shirt back on, pale face reappearing through the hole. "I had a vision, Ewan. A fucking terrifying one this time." Joss squeezes his eyes closed and shakes his head. "I was somewhere. Trapped.”

My mouth dries. "Somewhere dark?”

"Yeah.” He opens his eyes. "I know we have visions sometimes, but I saw something, Ewan. I saw through the darkness.”

I chew on a knuckle. I want to ask Joss what he saw, but a hundred times more don’t want to know.

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